[there's a little flicker of thoughtshare - of vin's voice going don't leave me, and karlach has to shove the keychain into a pocket so she doesn't break it.]
No, it doesn't make it any fucking easier. [she says, with a touch of bitterness in her voice.] I took so much from her in one go. She was all broken up about you, and knowing it was me fucked her up worse.
[...]
I don't remember what I said to her. Monster took that, too.
[ she corrects herself on the second part, but it's still important. he hears vin's voice, and he stubbornly keeps his gaze down. don't react. don't react, don't react. she's hurting enough. she doesn't need you on top of it. ]
This place did. And... we are not taken away permanently. I won't allow myself to believe so.
[ fucked, though he'd never actually say the word because he's a weenie. it's... hard, still. it feels like he's walking on eggshells, and he wants to help so, so badly, but - he knows this has to just take time. rondo bites his lip, gaze fixed on the ground. ]
... This entire place is. But, we just have to remind her that we haven't left her, at all. Her, and everyone else that we communicate with. We're all still here. And - in your case, you're here as you, and that matters.
... Even if the light is as tiny as a pinprick, we still have to grab onto it.
[ gale said it, too - alive is one step forward. it's how rondo's taken this whole thing - he might have 'died', but he still walks, talks, breathes. that means he has to keep moving towards the light. ]
[ his smile's just as genuine, and there's a little relief, to see her gentling some, though - it's tinged with worry, but it's not emotionshare week, so she doesn't get to know that. sometimes it's hard to tell, with karlach, so he can't be a hundred percent sure, but...
well, it's something, at least. ]
There's no need to thank me. It's merely the truth.
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No, it doesn't make it any fucking easier. [she says, with a touch of bitterness in her voice.] I took so much from her in one go. She was all broken up about you, and knowing it was me fucked her up worse.
[...]
I don't remember what I said to her. Monster took that, too.
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[ she corrects herself on the second part, but it's still important. he hears vin's voice, and he stubbornly keeps his gaze down. don't react. don't react, don't react. she's hurting enough. she doesn't need you on top of it. ]
This place did. And... we are not taken away permanently. I won't allow myself to believe so.
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No. Not permanently. But that doesn't matter, right? Because she's still getting left behind by all the people that love her. It's fucked.
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[ fucked, though he'd never actually say the word because he's a weenie. it's... hard, still. it feels like he's walking on eggshells, and he wants to help so, so badly, but - he knows this has to just take time. rondo bites his lip, gaze fixed on the ground. ]
... This entire place is. But, we just have to remind her that we haven't left her, at all. Her, and everyone else that we communicate with. We're all still here. And - in your case, you're here as you, and that matters.
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her hand comes up to rub at her chest - no glow, no nothing. just her real heart, beating slow.]
I can write. [...] I'll write.
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[ gale said it, too - alive is one step forward. it's how rondo's taken this whole thing - he might have 'died', but he still walks, talks, breathes. that means he has to keep moving towards the light. ]
If anyone can, I know it's you, Karlach.
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Thanks, Rondo.
[genuinely. she'll make it.]
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well, it's something, at least. ]
There's no need to thank me. It's merely the truth.